HR Business Partner

As the HRBP, you will be the lead People representative for a lead insurance company in Canada. This highly visible role blends strategic partnership with operational excellence to support our business success. Acting as a trusted advisor to the Canadian leadership team, you will provide guidance to employees and leaders while ensuring compliance with Canadian employment legislation. You will be the primary link between Canada and our International People function, playing a key role in fostering employee engagement, championing continuous improvement, and shaping the employer brand within the Canadian market.


Advantages
Location & Flexibility: Toronto-based role with flexible, hybrid working opportunities.
Competitive Compensation: The salary range for this role is between $40-$50
Holistic Benefits: Access to a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support your work-life balance and overall well-being.
Award-Winning Culture: Join an internationally recognized team.

Responsibilities
Provide Strategic Guidance: Deliver expert People advice to leaders and employees across Canada to ensure a positive, compliant employee experience.
Partner with Leadership: Collaborate on organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, succession planning, and employee engagement initiatives.
Manage Employee Relations: Lead ER matters, including investigations, performance management, grievances, workplace accommodations, and policy interpretation.
Oversee Payroll & Compliance: Act as the People lead for Canadian payroll governance. Coordinate inputs, ensure accuracy, manage queries, support audits, and guarantee all practices comply with federal and provincial legislation.
Drive Organizational Change: Support restructures and employment-related projects, ensuring effective implementation and strong stakeholder engagement.
Manage Total Rewards: Oversee local benefits and reward programs, including vendor management, annual renewals, remuneration reviews, and employee communications.
Support the Employee Lifecycle: Drive recruitment, onboarding, mobility, and leave administration while maintaining accurate HR systems and records.
Execute Global Initiatives: Deliver global and divisional People programs locally, partnering with Centres of Excellence to champion transformation and continuous improvement.

Qualifications
Experience: Extensive background in Human Resources, People Partnering, HR Management, or a similar generalist leadership role.
Legal Expertise: Strong knowledge of Canadian federal and provincial employment legislation and HR best practices, with a proven ability to manage complex employee relations matters.
Payroll Operations: Experience overseeing payroll processes, collaborating with payroll providers, and maintaining a strict focus on governance and compliance.
Stakeholder Management: A proven track record of influencing and building effective relationships with senior leaders, successfully balancing strategic priorities with day-to-day operational delivery.
Change Management: Experience leading organizational change and driving initiatives that enhance both employee satisfaction and business outcomes.
Industry Advantage (Bonus): Experience in a complex, multinational environment. Exposure to insurance or financial services, multi-jurisdictional support, and HR/Payroll systems like ADP is highly advantageous.

Summary
If you’re looking for a career that combines your expertise and your empathy, reach out to asmita.kashikar@randstad.ca

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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